/tags/homicide homicide en-US Copyright Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:14:28 GMT /news/2025-11-17/ut-arlington-students-in-cold-case-investigations-class-help-solve-34-year-old-murder-case Janie Perkins, 63, has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the 1991 killing of Cynthia Gonzalez. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:14:28 GMT /news/2025-11-17/ut-arlington-students-in-cold-case-investigations-class-help-solve-34-year-old-murder-case James Hartley /news/2025-07-24/dallas-county-jail-inmate-died-took-fentanyl-another-woman-smuggled-vagina-murder A 26-year-old woman accused of smuggling fentanyl into the Dallas County Jail is facing murder charges after another inmate apparently died of an overdose. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:54:18 GMT /news/2025-07-24/dallas-county-jail-inmate-died-took-fentanyl-another-woman-smuggled-vagina-murder Marina Trahan Martinez /criminal-justice/2025-06-03/king-of-the-hill-actor-shot-and-killed-on-san-antonios-south-side Jonathan Joss voiced the character John Redcorn on the comedy series. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:10:32 GMT /criminal-justice/2025-06-03/king-of-the-hill-actor-shot-and-killed-on-san-antonios-south-side Steve Short /news/2022-11-01/invisible-victims-of-gun-violence-the-majority-of-north-texas-suicides-involve-a-firearm A ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº analysis found that guns were involved in the majority of suicides in North Texas in the first half of 2022 — a tragic pattern found in communities across the nation. Tue, 01 Nov 2022 10:00:00 GMT /news/2022-11-01/invisible-victims-of-gun-violence-the-majority-of-north-texas-suicides-involve-a-firearm Caroline Love /arts-culture/2022-10-26/dallas-needs-more-awareness-about-its-ghosts-and-creepy-legends-says-this-artist There are sites where violent history intrudes unbidden. But Dallas has a history of bulldozing its history. So Brad Ford Smith is researching and drawing places where something awful once happened. Thu, 27 Oct 2022 03:18:57 GMT /arts-culture/2022-10-26/dallas-needs-more-awareness-about-its-ghosts-and-creepy-legends-says-this-artist Jerome Weeks /news/2021-01-07/massive-1-year-rise-in-homicide-rates-collided-with-the-pandemic-in-2020 Experts say crime across the U.S. in 2020 was like no other year as COVID-19 ravaged the country and protests flared. It was a seesaw of dips for some crimes and spikes for others, such as homicide. Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:00:34 GMT /news/2021-01-07/massive-1-year-rise-in-homicide-rates-collided-with-the-pandemic-in-2020 Cheryl Corley /texas-news/2020-11-24/while-violent-crime-is-up-in-dallas-community-leaders-dont-want-help-from-state-law-enforcement Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the state Department of Public Safety to help the city tackle the surge in homicides, but community leaders say "over-policing" is not the way. Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:57:18 GMT /texas-news/2020-11-24/while-violent-crime-is-up-in-dallas-community-leaders-dont-want-help-from-state-law-enforcement Alejandra Martinez /texas-news/2020-10-14/last-year-185-women-and-men-in-texas-were-killed-by-an-intimate-partner-according-to-new-report New research from the Texas Council on Family Violence shows that most of the victims were women killed by men. Most were shot with a gun. And that was before a surge of domestic violence during this year's lockdowns. Wed, 14 Oct 2020 22:04:53 GMT /texas-news/2020-10-14/last-year-185-women-and-men-in-texas-were-killed-by-an-intimate-partner-according-to-new-report Christopher Connelly /texas-news/2020-10-09/domestic-violence-non-profit-in-tarrant-county-publishes-its-first-public-fatality-report Intimate partner homicides had been declining in Tarrant County in the last four years, but 2020 is already the worst year on record. Fri, 09 Oct 2020 20:00:43 GMT /texas-news/2020-10-09/domestic-violence-non-profit-in-tarrant-county-publishes-its-first-public-fatality-report Bekah Morr /news/2019-09-12/that-was-my-child-transgender-deaths-devastate-families "Okay, Mommy. I love you."That was Brenda Scurlock's last text from her son, Avery, before he was shot eight times, his body abandoned in a field in… Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:13:45 GMT /news/2019-09-12/that-was-my-child-transgender-deaths-devastate-families Associated Press